Martyrdom is the Most Noble Sacrifice One Can Make for the Cause’ Palestinian author ‘Adnan Kanafani: ‘I think martyrdom is the most noble sacrifice one can make for the cause – a cause pertaining to the essence of being, to life and death. This great people – the Arab people as a whole – has managed to shape a new culture from these ideas – the culture of martyrdom. The opponents try to bring us down from this honor, with claims about suicide bombers, terrorists, and so on. But we don’t care about that, because we have rights, and we sacrifice our souls in order to attain these rights. Therefore, the martyrs are the vanguard of this nation. Because of the blood they have sacrificed, the very least we owe them is to always remain optimistic that victory will be ours one day.’ […] ‘The Mother in Our Arab and Islamic History Has Always Sacrificed Her Children and Prepared Them for Martyrdom’ Ibrahim Za’rour, history professor at the DamascusUniversity: ‘Martyrdom is the value that surpasses all values. The most exalted level in the elevation of mankind is when a person sacrifices his soul for the sake […]